Terms
of Use

Search for Common Ground (Search) and ConnexUs provide this platform for global learning and collaboration, including this entire portal, system, databases, website, and subpages within this website (collectively, the “Website”). Your use of this Website is subject to the following terms and conditions. Please note that your access of this Website constitutes acceptance of these terms.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS STATED ABOVE AND BELOW, YOU MUST LOG OFF THIS WEBSITE.

Use and Ownership of Content on this Website

The Website is meant to be a comprehensive resource to support knowledge sharing, communication, and collaboration on best practices in response to crises in conflict-affected contexts. Only content of this nature expressly regarding global crisis response in conflict and post-conflict settings may be posted.

Without prior written permission from Search, you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, repost, or otherwise use any of the content of this Website, except that you are hereby granted a limited, revocable license to display and print the information on this Website for personal, noncommercial purposes only, consistent with the purpose of the Website as described above. Except as expressly provided in these terms and conditions, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any licence or right under any copyright or any other intellectual property right. If you are an owner of intellectual property who believes your intellectual property rights have been improperly posted or distributed via this Website, please notify Search’s EU Headquarters immediately at Rue Belliard 205, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium, or email [email protected].

Disclaimer

While Search undertakes reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of all information posted by Search on the Website, the material contained on this Website could include inaccuracies or other errors. Your use and browsing of this Website is at your own risk. Neither Search nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Website (including government partners) shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Website. Search does not warrant that the functional aspects of this Website will be uninterrupted or error free or that this Website or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components. If your use of this Website or the material contained on the Website results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment, or data, Search is not responsible for those costs. Without limiting the foregoing, all content on the Website is provided to you “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Persons or entities accessing or using this Website hereby waive any and all claims against Search, its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, government, and business partners, and information providers against any and all claims resulting from or arising out of any use to which this information may be put. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Copyrights

You should assume that everything you see or read on this Website (including, but not limited to, wallpaper, icons, characters, artwork, images, graphics, music, text, software, and other content) is copyrighted or licenced by Search or its business partners unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Website without the written permission of Search. Images, photographs, or illustrations displayed on the Website are either the property of, or used with permission by, Search.

Search neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on this Website will not infringe upon rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Search. The use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorised by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Website. Any unauthorised use of the images or content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively, the “Trademarks”) displayed on this Website are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Search and, in some cases, third parties who have authorized such use by Search. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any Trademark displayed on this Website without the written permission of Search or its affiliates or such third party that may own the Trademark displayed on the Website. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this Website, or any other content on the Website, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.

Links to Third-Party Sites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to external websites, which are not under the control of this Website or Search, and such links are meant for your convenience only. Search assumes no responsibility for the views, content, or accuracy of information contained within such websites or the privacy policies of Search of such websites, and the appearance of such hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement or sponsorship of, or affiliation with, the owners of such websites nor the information, products, services, and trademarks contained therein. Such websites may contain copyrighted and otherwise protectable material. No endorsement or guarantee of any third party information (including information provided by links to the websites of Search licensees, distributors, or other third parties associated with Search business), products or services is expressed or implied by any information, material, or content referred to or included on, or linked from this Website. Search makes no representations whatsoever about any other website which you may access through this Website and does not assume any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the operation of, or content at, any of the linked resources, nor for any of the interpretations, comments, or opinions expressed therein. By clicking on a hyperlink you agree to abide by all laws, notices, and restrictions governing such websites and agree to hold this Website and Search harmless against any claims, damages, or liabilities relating to any acts by you in connection with such websites.

Use of Communications Forums

This Website may contain message and communications facilities (collectively, the “Facilities”) that allow you to communicate with other users of this Website or with government and business partners. You agree to only send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to authorised use of the Facilities. For example and not as a limitation, you shall not do any of the following:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights of any other person, including but not limited to the rights of privacy and publicity.

• Publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful material or information.

• Upload files that contain software or other material protected by intellectual property laws (or by rights of privacy and publicity) unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents.

• Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.

• Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, solicit money or services for yourself or third parties, conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.

• Download any messages or files posted by another user of the Facilities that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

• You acknowledge that while the Facilities may include a private forum for communication, it may also be accessible to other users of this Website and the Facilities. You further acknowledge that Search or their affiliates do not endorse communications of any kind by other users, including any opinions, advice or recommendations by users, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by Search, its affiliates or of any of its government and business partners. Search reserves the right for any reason to remove, without notice, any contents from the Facilities.

• While the Facilities may be reviewed by a moderator staff, the content therein is not guaranteed to be moderated or endorsed by Search. Search is not responsible for any failure or delay in removing objectionable content or any content that is in violation of the aforementioned guidelines.

Internet Transmission

Internet software or electronic transmission errors may produce inaccurate or incomplete copies of the content of this Website when downloaded and displayed on any computer. Search and its government and/or business partners do not assume any liability or responsibility whatsoever for inaccurate or incomplete information due to software problems, transmission errors, the display of content in browser frames displaying information from other websites, or any misinterpretation of the content due to such inaccurate and incomplete information. Search and its partners do not assume any liability or responsibility whatsoever for computer viruses or other destructive programs received during the electronic transmission of the content of this site or any websites accessed through links provided therein. It is advisable to employ the use of virus protection software on any and all computer systems used to access the Internet or in any manner share files with other computer systems. Any unprotected e-mail communication over the Internet is, as with communication via any other medium (e.g., cellular phones), subject to possible interception or loss, and is also subject to possible alteration.

Privacy Policy

To use this Website you must provide information about yourself and update this information as necessary in order to keep it current. Search agrees that they will only use your personal information in accordance with the terms of this Website’s Privacy Policy.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account information. Furthermore, you are responsible for all activities that occur in your account and you agree to notify Search immediately of any unauthorised use of your account. Search and its government and/or business partners are not responsible for any loss that you may incur as a result of any unauthorised person using your account or your password.

Termination of Usage

Search may terminate or suspend any user’s access, or suspend any user’s access, to all or part of this Website, without notice, for any conduct that Search, in their sole discretion, believe is in violation of any applicable law or is harmful to the interests of another user, third-party provider, merchant, sponsor, licenser, service provider, or Search.

Admissibility of Agreements

A printed version of this agreement, and, if applicable, the registration agreement and any other agreements entered into on this Website, and all web pages of this Website, along with all notices given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other documents that are records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Submissions

Search appreciates hearing from you and others interested in its mission. By submitting your creative ideas, inventions, suggestions or materials (a “submission”), you affirm ownership or possession of necessary licences, rights, consents, and permissions to publish content to the Website. You further grant to Search a royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable licence to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform, and display your submission (in whole or in part) worldwide and to incorporate your submission in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed without any notice or compensation to you. Search does not guarantee the confidentiality of any submissions.

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Updated Terms of Use (Effective 25 November 2023)

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS STATED ABOVE AND BELOW, YOU MUST LOG OFF THIS WEBSITE.

Use and Ownership of Content on this Website

Without prior written permission from Search, you may not reproduce, distribute, modify, display, prepare derivative works based on, repost, or otherwise use any of the content of this Website, except that you are hereby granted a limited, revocable license to display and print the information on this Website for personal, noncommercial purposes only, consistent with the purpose of the Website as described above. Except as expressly provided in these terms and conditions, nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right under any copyright or any other intellectual property right. If you are an owner of intellectual property who believes your intellectual property rights have been improperly posted or distributed via this Website, please notify Search’s EU Headquarters immediately at Rue Belliard 205, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium, or email [email protected].

Disclaimer

While Search undertakes reasonable measures to ensure the accuracy of all information posted by Search on the Website, the material contained on this Website could include inaccuracies or other errors. Your use and browsing of this Website is at your own risk. Neither Search nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering this Website (including government partners) shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect, or punitive damages arising out of your access to, or use of, the Website. Search does not warrant that the functional aspects of this Website will be uninterrupted or error-free or that this Website or the server that makes it available is free of viruses or other harmful components. If your use of this Website or the material contained on the Website results in the need for servicing or replacing property, material, equipment, or data, Search is not responsible for those costs. Without limiting the foregoing, all content on the Website is provided to you “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. Persons or entities accessing or using this Website hereby waive any and all claims against Search, its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, government, and business partners, and information providers against any and all claims resulting from or arising out of any use to which this information may be put. Please note that some jurisdictions may not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

Copyrights

You should assume that everything you see or read on this Website (including, but not limited to, wallpaper, icons, characters, artwork, images, graphics, music, text, software, and other content) is copyrighted or licensed by Search or its business partners unless otherwise noted and may not be used except as provided in these Terms and Conditions or in the text on the Website without the written permission of Search. Images, photographs, or illustrations displayed on the Website are either the property of, or used with permission by, Search.

Search neither warrants nor represents that your use of materials displayed on this Website will not infringe upon the rights of third parties not owned by or affiliated with Search. The use of these materials by you, or anyone else authorized by you, is prohibited unless specifically permitted by these Terms and Conditions or specific permission provided elsewhere on the Website. Any unauthorized use of the images or content may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and communications regulations and statutes.

Trademarks

The trademarks, logos, and service marks (collectively, the “Trademarks”) displayed on this Website are registered and unregistered Trademarks of Search and, in some cases, third parties who have authorized such use by Search. Nothing contained on this Website should be construed as granting, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use any Trademark displayed on this Website without the written permission of Search or its affiliates or such third party that may own the Trademark displayed on the Website. Your misuse of the Trademarks displayed on this Website, or any other content on the Website, except as provided herein, is strictly prohibited.

Links to Third-Party Sites

This Website may contain hyperlinks to external websites, which are not under the control of this Website or Search, and such links are meant for your convenience only. Search assumes no responsibility for the views, content, or accuracy of information contained within such websites or the privacy policies of Search of such websites, and the appearance of such hyperlinks does not constitute endorsement or sponsorship of, or affiliation with, the owners of such websites nor the information, products, services, and trademarks contained therein. Such websites may contain copyrighted and otherwise protectable material. No endorsement or guarantee of any third-party information (including information provided by links to the websites of Search licensees, distributors, or other third parties associated with Search business), products or services is expressed or implied by any information, material, or content referred to or included on, or linked from this Website. Search makes no representations whatsoever about any other website which you may access through this Website and does not assume any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the operation of, or content at, any of the linked resources nor for any of the interpretations, comments, or opinions expressed therein. By clicking on a hyperlink, you agree to abide by all laws, notices, and restrictions governing such websites and agree to hold this Website and Search harmless against any claims, damages, or liabilities relating to any acts by you in connection with such websites.

Use of Communications Forums

This Website may contain message and communications facilities (collectively, the “Facilities”) that allow you to communicate with other users of this Website or with government and business partners. You agree to only send and receive messages and material that are proper and related to authorized use of the Facilities. For example, and not as a limitation, you shall not do any of the following:

• Defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten, or otherwise violate the legal rights of any other person, including but not limited to the rights of privacy and publicity.

• Publish, post, distribute, or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, or unlawful material or information.

• Upload files that contain viruses, corrupted files, or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer.

• Advertise or offer to sell any goods or services, solicit money or services for yourself or third parties, conduct or forward surveys, contests, or chain letters.

• Download any messages or files posted by another user of the Facilities that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such manner.

• You acknowledge that while the Facilities may include a private forum for communication, it may also be accessible to other users of this Website and the Facilities. You further acknowledge that Search or their affiliates do not endorse communications of any kind by other users, including any opinions, advice, or recommendations by users, and such communications shall not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by Search, its affiliates or of any of its government and business partners. Search reserves the right for any reason to remove, without notice, any contents from the Facilities.

Internet Transmission

Privacy Policy

This privacy policy sets out how Search for Common Ground uses and protects any information that you give Search for Common Ground when you use this website.

Search for Common Ground is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Search for Common Ground may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should regularly check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 30 May 2023.

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your password and account information. Furthermore, you are responsible for all activities that occur in your account and you agree to notify Search immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. Search and its government and/or business partners are not responsible for any loss that you may incur as a result of any unauthorized person using your account or your password.

WHAT WE COLLECT

We may collect the following information:

• Name, Organizational Affiliation, and Job Title

• Contact information, including email address and phone number

• Demographic information such as country, postcode, preferences, and interests

• Other information relevant to customer surveys and similar tools to inform and enhance user experience.

WHAT WE DO WITH THE INFORMATION WE GATHER

We require this information to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and in particular for the following reasons:

• Internal record keeping

• We may use the information to improve our programs and services.

• We may periodically send informational email about our programs or other information which we think you may find interesting using the email address you provided.

• Anonymous audience research and marketing

• We may use the information to customize the website according to your interests.

• We will never sell or loan your information.

HOW WE USE COOKIES

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages you visit on our website. This helps us analyze data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to your and other customers’ needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of our website.

CONTROLLING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

You may request details of personal information about you, which we hold under the Data Protection Act 1998 and the GDPR Regulation (EU) 2016/679 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data. If you would like a copy of the information about you that we hold, please email us at [email protected].

If you believe that any information about you that we hold is incorrect or incomplete, please email us as soon as possible at [email protected]. We will promptly correct any incorrect information.

If you would like us to remove your information from our databases, please email [email protected].

Termination of Usage

Admissibility of Agreements

A printed version of this agreement, and, if applicable, the registration agreement and any other agreements entered into on this Website, and all web pages of this Website, along with all notices given in electronic form, shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other documents that are records originally generated and maintained in printed form.

Submissions

Search appreciates hearing from you and others interested in its mission. By submitting your creative ideas, inventions, suggestions, or materials (a “submission”), you affirm ownership or possession of necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to publish content to the Website. You further grant to Search a royalty-free, perpetual, and irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, communicate to the public, perform, and display your submission (in whole or in part) worldwide and to incorporate your submission in other works in any form, media, or technology now known or later developed without any notice or compensation to you. Search does not guarantee the confidentiality of any submissions.